Another newbie ques - Standard or Ultra II SD for FZ7?

[Kellie]

Best Buy has the 1GB Standard Sandisk for $17.99 (after rebate). Costco has the 1GB Ultra II for $27.99. The manual recommends 10mb/s for videos. I know the Ultra II can do this, but I don't see the transfer speed anywhere on the Standard. Is the Ultra II worth the extra $10?

[genece]

Myself I do not buy any slow cards anymore.....For me its because the wait after shooting a burst with a slow card is frustrating......So I say yes its worth it to have a card that is at least 66X......faster does not hurt a thing.

The advertised speed of the standard card is 2mb/s and the 66X card is 10mb/s.

And while I have seen the standard Sandisk for 10 dollars several times....
28 dollars is a pretty good price for the Ultra.

[cwood30]

Just found this deal online. Is this a decent brand? Seems like a heck of a deal to me, but I'm VERY new to this world. 60x, 2gb for just $13 with rebate...

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=2465387&sku=ULT40041&CMP=EMC-TIGEREMAIL&SRCCODE=WEM1258CU

[genece]

I do not have that card ...but I am sure it works fine......I am not sure about rebates though, it seems I only get about 1/2 of them.

[Kellie]

Myself I do not buy any slow cards anymore.....For me its because the wait after shooting a burst with a slow card is frustrating......So I say yes its worth it to have a card that is at least 66X......faster does not hurt a thing.

The advertised speed of the standard card is 2mb/s and the 66X card is 10mb/s.

And while I have seen the standard Sandisk for 10 dollars several times....
28 dollars is a pretty good price for the Ultra.


Thank you. I use burst mode 90% of the time, so I'll go with the faster card. :)

[genece]

That is a good choice.....Fast cards for burst mode.